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The wet pavement in Red Lodge only hints to the wicked weather that had just swept through, just long enough to soak a weary rider. A dragon of storm front (see next image) blasted down from the mountains, dropping hard rain and even harder hail. The raging river also tells of winter's extremely tenacious late grip on the region. I took a small cabin at Perry's RV south of town and my host confirmed what I had heard on the Weather Channel before I left home. Major snow events had occurred in the weeks before I arrived (end of June!) including one only days before that left skiers lost and stranded on the slopes. Snow had only been cleared from the summit of the Bear Tooth Pass 2 days before. I would see this all tomorrow. |
